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November 10^th	Council – 2^nd look
	Beautiful day and clear evening

· Artists as perfectionists

· Alternative School kids smoking a joint(?)

· Bedard wants unlimited in cameras

	Here is an image of Third Avenue when the sun just setting
	And the weatherman is saying the ‘sunshine’ will hold out until Thursday

	Artists still working on their Mural
	These people are perfectionists --- every few days I see them down there making yet another adjustment to the fine details etc --- Great job people --- and thank you

	3 young boys smoking a joint
	This image taken before noon --- presumably the fellows going to the Alternative School --- looked to be about 14 or so --- sitting on the porch behind old ‘Surf club’

Mayor Mussallem follows up on Salvation Army request

Jack mentioned that the last issue of ‘Info for Council’ (site no longer being maintained for ‘public’ use) had a letter from the Army suggesting the soon to be ‘put up for sale’ Aleeda Motel might be perfect for a ‘Transition House’ for men --- that sending young men to Terrace or PG to ‘cure’ their addictions – but then bringing them back to Rupert without any support where they moved right back into the same scene that had led to the addiction in the first place ---- Better to get them into Transition House here until life more stabilized etc

Councillor Bedard went into a rant over the subsequent motion to get legal advice upon extent of what could be told about the topic --- I interpret this as actually a spill over from Nov 8^th in-camera meeting’s vote ---- My ‘read’ from the ‘vibes’ was that one manager was dejected, another elated ---- and that Bedard had lost the in-camera vote about the dejected manager--- more later	This council likes closed meetings
	Councillor Ashley was attempting to give the public more insight what was happening ‘in-camera’ --- thus not only the legal clause – as below for the 25^th meeting – but what the topic was --- below was (a?) contract renewal --- Or Ridley Island etc – rather than just ‘land’ was example Ashley gave

The above Notice is interesting because it ‘explains’ why Council ‘decided’ to put the Home Hardware building on Monday’s meeting agenda –

As can be read in Northern View article ---Howie had reported out from the October 25^th ‘in-camera’ that Home Hardware repairs were to be ‘completed’ by November 2^nd ---- But --- tut tut --- that was ‘illegal’---- The notice for that closed meeting did not name anything remotely like Nuisance Bylaws (see above) ---- but that never stopped our intrepid council – who tends to make up the rules as they go ---- Only draw back was they would most assuredly be ‘asking’ for owner Jerry Kurka to go to Court to have the in-camera decision overthrown --- thus the need to have an open Council vote ‘legally’ on November 8^th ---- as the Community Charter requires in Division 3 — Open Meetings--General rule that meetings must (italics added) be open to the public

So here is the ‘kicker’ --- Councillor Bedard at least twice mentioned bringing up ‘other issues’ during an in-camera --- issues that would (could?) fall under the Community Charter ‘may or must’ for in-cameras but had not been put on the original reasons for the in-camera meeting --- presumably how Home Hardware had been discussed etc --- Bedard wanted assurances this practice would continue –even with Ashley motion etc

These Councillors ‘just don’t get it’

Meetings must be Public --- and the rules for ‘in-camera’ are the exceptions I will bolster this discussion another day by showing where in-camera meetings are the ‘exception’ rather than the rule for most BC Municipal Councils ---but PR Council meets several hours every meeting ‘behind closed doors’ True – it might just be to ‘rationalize’ their free dinners ---- but the cold cuts etc do not look that appetising to me

	Electric bike seen in Rupert
	Fellow recently brought the bike up from Vancouver --- only cost 1100$ or so new --- uses (3?) motorcycle batteries for power

John usually to be seen outside this coffee shop soliciting coins --- who ever did the drawing ‘captured’ his smile perfectly

Created by LG on Feb 1, 2006

Last updated on Wednesday, November 10, 2010